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README.md

timeout

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Tool to execute arbitrary programs with a given timeout

Usage

timeout [OPTIONS] TIMEOUT PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS]

Synopsis

OPTIONS:
  -v   --verbose      Turn verbosity on (including runtime)
  -9   --kill         On timeout, send SIGKILL instead of SIGTERM
  -h   --help         Display help message

TIMEOUT is given in seconds
PROGRAM is the program that is executed with the given timeout
ARGUMENTS are optional arguments passed to the program

A example would be

timeout 3 sleep 5
# Run 'sleep 5' for 3 seconds, then terminate

Compile

make
sudo make install    # Installs the program to /usr/local/bin

Screenshot

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License

This work is licensed under the MIT license (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

2019, Felix Niederwanger, http://feldspaten.org